Today’s brief chapter, Alma 6, tells of the chief priest’s setting in order local units of the church — including, I take it, ordaining men to what we would call the Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthoods.
Much of Church leadership — in my experience in bishoprics and on high councils and according to my observation of others, including the General Authorities — consists of a perpetual personnel search, as needs arise and change, and as people mature, age, die, move, and, simply, need fresh experiences. Nothing ever quite stabilizes. During my time as bishop of an unusually transient (singles) ward, I’m not sure that we ever had things fully organized. We came close on occasion, but there was always somebody moving away or getting married. It certainly kept us from becoming bored.
It’s amazing to me how well the whole thing works, and how many people willingly give so much time and effort in service to the Lord and his children.
Posted from Mesa, Arizona
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